Great graphic! The people closest to him are Hummes (Brazilian), Levada (American) and Re (Italian). I'm not thrilled about Levada, but maybe the Pope - who had met him in other circumstances than as Abp of San Francisco -knows more about him than we do. To me, they all sound like middle of the roaders. But I would suspect that they are loyal middle of the roaders, and if he tells them to do something, they will do it and defend it. That's my take on it, at least, although I am certainly not on an inside track.
CWNew's summary of the piece via SpiritDaily:
http://spiritdaily.com/cwtemplate.htm
I think looking at the different colored rings is more important than the persons closest to him. Or am I reading this wrong -- it's about the organization of the Vatican.